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the rules, clashed with police, and paid the price. >> shots fired. "caught on camera: they fought the law." a gunman goes on a deadly rampage in the heart of hollywood. >> i saw a guy on the street in his car go by. he start shooting at him. >> i figured he had blanks. i thought it couldn't be real. it became real when i heard a window shatter. >> i hadn't heard any gunshots. there was no forewarning. there was nothing to tell me that i was driving into danger. i was within half an inch of death. >> he was right there. i kind of just shrug off to the

side and make myself a tiny target. hear the gunshot go off. >> los angeles, california. december 9th, 2011. it's 10:19 friday morning. chris johns is working out of his home office four stories above the hollywood intersection of sunset and vine. >> i was on the phone, and during the phone call i heard a popping sound. first i dismissed it as the backfire of a car or some construction down the road. i wasn't sure. and then i heard pop, pop. a few more pops. i rushed over to the window. i looked out the window and saw a man with a white tank top and a gun. started kind of roving the streets, randomly shooting at cars. >> johns begins recording this

video with his cell phone camera and tries to warn the people below. >> he's shooting people at will! he's shooting people! >> across vine street, john adderbury, a music executive and movie producer lies critically wounded, shot in the face and neck. while aderbury fights for his life, the gunman waving a .40 caliber smith and wesson, calmly strolls up a now deserted vine street. >> i was driving on vine street heading south and stopped at the intersection of sunset and vine. >> movie producer john rydell is driving a red honda civic. >> in the middle of the street i saw a young man waving. i thought, well, it's friday morning. he's out having a good time early. so the light turned green, and i went across the intersection. i was just looking straight up. straight ahead. until my car became parallel with him. all the sudden he zipped around,

faced me and boom. i hear the sound. the glass on my car window shatters. >> the bullet misses rydell by half an inch. lodging in his car door. >> there was glass all over my clothes. glass had hit my cheek. >> chris godley, a photo editor for the hollywood reporter, is one car behind in a black toyota. >> i saw him raise his gun and take a shot into the car, and i saw the window explode, and then he saw me coming. the barrel of his gun is now raising up towards me. i had no real choice but to drive straight through the intersection. >> i saw the gun start to come around my direction and i knew what was about to happen. everything slows down in that moment. >> the bullet goes through the truck's door and grazes godley's leg. >> had he had better aim, yeah,

i could be not here right now the bullet hit my ipad, which was sitting in the passenger's seat next to me. came in this way, this direction. bounced off and went into my passenger side door. >> from his fourth floor apartment, chris johns watches as terrified drivers swerve to avoid the gunman. >> he's shooting people! >> he's roving the streets, mechanically, methodically shooting at anything that moved. >> security at john's building has already called 911, but with no sign of police, john opts to create a diversion using himself. >> at that point something went off in my head. i said, what can i do to distract this guy? i immediately started shouting, hey, you madman. >> madman! why don't you come up here? come on up here, buddy. >> shoot me. i want to die.

come shoot me. i'm ready to die. >> kill me! i want to die! please, kill me! >> i thought it would get his attention. something that sounds crazy. if he's in an altered state maybe he would believe. when he started coming in my direction, i saw him getting closer and closer. i wondered at this point, is he going to shoot? am i going to die? >> instead the gunman has a request. >> i don't have any, man. i'm so sorry. >> he's like, i'm out of ammo. throw me down some more ammo. then he looks up at me again. >> i'm so sorry. >> call the ambulance. >> he says, call an ambulance. here i'm thinking, he doesn't even know what he just did, you know. he's telling me to call the ambulance. >> there's a cop. >> three minutes after the first shots are fired, two detectives just blocks away when told of the shooting by eyewitnesses pull up and run south. down vine under the treeline. a third officer, off duty and

working a nearby movie set, joins up with them. they attempt to engage the gunman, but according to eyewitness gregory bohorkwic, the shooter was suicidal. >> he was out of his mind. he was really out of his mind. he goes, i want to die! i want to die! all of a sudden, the suspect makes this move like he's going to go for a gun, you know, like a quick draw or something. >> the gun flies from his hand. from under the trees, two of the officers fire at the suspect. >> he put his hand on his side. and he kind of walked back, and he stumbled to the floor. >> bahorqez, a professional photographer who always carries a camera, captures these dramatic images of a gunman, who is now holding what appears to police to be a knife. >> i could see in his face that he was just in pain. his mouth was open.

he was squirming on the floor. all the other lapd officers came up from down the street. >> the shooter dies at the scene. with the street secured, victim john atterberry is rushed to the e.r. >> they removed him from the car. he was lying on the pavement. and then he was picked up and put on a gurney and wheeled away into an ambulance. i just thought, i hope he's going to be okay. as it turns out, he wasn't okay. >> atterberry's wounds are too severe. he dies three days later. >> he was jubilant. joyful. had an effervescence that shined through him. it was beautiful. >> actress jen godson stars in god's country, a film atterberry co-wrote and was producing when he died. >> he loved and adored his family and friends. he had a lot of friends and a lot of loved ones. i think it's because he cared so

much for people. when god took him, that was one thing i was just praying. i'm like, god, why? why? it's senseless. the shooter is later identified as 26-year-old tyler brehm. he was apparently distraught over a breakup with his long time girlfriend just days before. toxicology reports revealed marijuana and traces of methamphetamine in his system. >> we can't control somebody who decides to have a bad day and start firing on everybody. you just never know when something like that can happen. >> for the two survivors, every day is a gift. neither chris nor don will soon forget how close they came to losing their lives. >> i think i take relationships with people i care about more seriously. >> god was looking after me that day. i truly believe by the grace of god that i'm here today talking to you.

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bullets fly as police chase a wanted man willing to do anything to escape. >> i knew at that point that we were dealing with an extremely dangerous and violent criminal. >> he wasn't going to stop until he crashed and either killed somebody or killed himself. >> fresno, california, december 16th, 2002. it's just before 11:00 p.m. and police are in hot pursuit. the man they're after, suspect

zahara wanted for skipping bail in a narcotics case. 15 minutes earlier the 26-year-old had taken off when cops in nearby clovis try to bring him in. in the car with him, his on again/off again girlfriend, and the mother of his two sons who shared her story with local television. >> i was just scared, and i'm still shook up. i begged him to stop. to just let me out. or just stop. he just kept ongoing. >> by chance, tony kirkpatrick, a camera operator for fresno's cbs station is in the vicinity and captures this dramatic video. >> i just started rolling. i just kept rolling. as you could tell, the camera was like crooked because i was so nervous. >> police fear he could be high on drugs and heavily armed. as the suspect approaches a busy intersection, clovis officer joe

la costa, now retired, sees an opportunity to perform a pit maneuver. >> it involves making contact with the suspect vehicle in one of the rear quarter panels. it essentially causes the vehicle to spin out and lose control. as i move in a position to do that, he repositioned his vehicle. we were going to basically hit head on. my concern for the passenger at this point was if i collide head on, what's going to happen to her? >> acosta opts to brake at the last second. not before locking eyes with the suspect. >> i see this person who is just laughing. his eyes are open. he's enjoying himself. it's obvious to me, anyway, that his intent is to get away or die trying. >> moments later zahara's car is rammed by another police vehicle. the suspect keeps driving, mounting a median and steering the battered honda to a gas station across the street. there he's hit again but

zaharath keeps moving. this time police use their guns to stop him, opening fire with a barrage of bullets. >> i could hear bullets impacting the walls around me. i was extremely concerned because i knew there's a passenger in this car. in my mind i'm thinking she's going to get killed. >> i was ducking down. i was prove iine ining -- movin covering my head. just didn't know what to do. i can feel it pounding, bang, through the car. forcing through there. i was just waiting for bullets to, like, come through me. i was just waiting to die. >> saharath, his car stuck on a raised planter, guns the motor. smoke from the spinning wheels surrounds the honda. unable to see their target, police hold their fire. seconds later, zaharath is able

to maneuver the car free. officers unleash another round of bullets. >> you can clearly see one of the officers executing what's known as a speed load, where he's trying to reload his gun quickly. get in back in action. see the magazine drop away as his new magazine goes on. he continues to fire. >> just to see all the shells flying up in the air was almost like matrix or something. my kids flashed in my face. my wife flashed in my face. that's when i realized, you know what? i'm in it too deep. >> camera operator kirkpatrick takes cover behind his news van but keeps rolling. off camera, zaharath gives police the slip yet again. >> he was finally able to drive out of the parking lot. he headed northbound. went up to the next light, turned around and came directly back at the officers again. >> clovis officer abby pajent.

>> he was no longer trying to flee. he drove straight into the back of another car sitting at the intersection. there were three or four lanes that he could have gone through, and he directly hit that car. >> the collision finally brings the chase to an end. >> the driver was actually laying across the passenger seat in the lap of the female passenger. >> he just, like, just hold me. just take me in your arm. just ready to die together. i was just, like, praying for my own life. >> officer acosta fears the worst for saharath's passenger. >> totally expected her to be shot. was greatly relieved to find out that she was not when i got to the vehicle. >> saharath is unarmed. he has been shot four times. >> when it was all said and

done, i was, like, patting myself down to make sure that i didn't get hit or if there was any blood anywhere. i just started crying. >> police fire a reported 70 rounds at the suspect's vehicle. >> i think the police went too far. they could have stopped us in a different way. >> zaharath survives and is convicted of several charges, including false imprisonment, driving under the influence, and evading police. according to toxicology reports, alcohol and methamphetamine are found in his system. he's sentenced to six years and four months in prison. separate investigations by police and the district attorney's office find the fresno police acted within department policy and the response did not break the law. >> i'm glad i'm here right now from what i saw on the tv. i'm just glad.

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a vicious fight breaks out in a campus police station when a burglary suspect tries to escape. >> he was crazy. a person gone wild. 50-some seconds of madness. >> university of akron ohio, may 18th, 1999. campus police officer aaron burnett is preparing to fingerprint 30-year-old steven bergen, a local resident who does not attend the school. he's been arrested for stealing a stereo, more than 30 cds and several bags of milky ways from a fraternity house on campus. >> i need your fingerprints.

give me your hand. >> as station surveillance cameras roll, burnett senses something isn't right. nevertheless, he uncuffs the suspect, a move he will soon regret. >> you going to cooperate here? >> there were indicators that he was going to be confrontational. >> thomas shannon, now retired, was a campus police officer at the time. >> sometimes you just overlook those things. >> steven, you want to stand up and do some fingerprints, or not? >> reluctantly the suspect gets up. instead of facing the table, the 6'2" bergen stares down the much smaller burnett. the rookie officer tries to assert his authority. >> are you going to cooperate or not? >> i think there's times where the officer was trying to establish himself as the alpha dog in the situation. >> stewart warner reported on the story for the cleveland plain dealer. >> he was a young officer. there are times when you need to

do that. but this was not one of those times because you had a suspect who was unstable. >> why you got to treat me like that. >> don't sfcare off at me. >> burnett again sensing trouble is hoping to get bergen back on the bench and get some additional assistance. >> sit down on the chair. no, you're not. you're going to sit down. >> i was about to put my fingerprints and do what you want me to do. >> you don't square off with me! you understand? >> i was about to put my fingerprints. >> we're going to do this again. >> after a minute, officer burnett returns and uncuffs the suspect a second time. >> all right. come on over.

>> just off camera is campus police officer thomas shannon. >> officer burnett asks me to come back. he was having some problems with the suspect. the suspect turned to me and asked what i was doing back there. >> what are you coming over here for? >> because i want to come here. >> his reaction was almost like i was disrespecting him as well. that, you know, what did you say to me? >> i'll do what i want to do. >> oh, yeah. >> i'm telling you. >> don't disrespect me. don't disrespect me. >> put your hand down there. >> the second time he squares off, he's ready to go. in the blink of an eye, the fight was on. >> burnett, who is unarmed, goes for his pepper spray.

but burgan knocks him back with a blow to the neck. officer shannon uses his baton but it has little effect on the suspect. >> he ran right through it. >> burnette calls for the officers to use pepper spray. >> i'm spraying, actually emptying my whole canister. >> officer burnette, reeling from pepper spray, runs from the room. >> pepper spray burns. it causes your tear ducts, your nasal cavity, to open. probably nine times out of ten, that's going to incapacitate someone long enough for you to apprehend them. >> but not so with this suspect. >> it almost seemed like the pepper spray aggravated him. >> burgan loses his shirt in the fray. then reaches for a chair and hurls it at officer shannon. >> in the moment of the fight, i

didn't even feel getting hit with the chair. >> the brawl moves off camera in front of an adjacent row of lockers. >> when you see the lockers rattling, that's me hitting him a second time. this time in the chest. it doesn't stop him. >> another officer joins the fight, and the four officers are able to subdue burgan. >> down on the the ground. down on the ground! >> we got him to the ground. as we're handcuffing him, he's yelling, kill me, kill me, just kill me. >> kill me! kill me! kill me. >> it was over. it was done. he knew he wasn't going any further. >> the pepper spray makes its way through the station's ventilation system. ultimately sending seven officers and a radio dispatcher to the hospital for treatment. steven burgan, originally det n detained for stealing a stereo

and a few bags of snacks, ends up in far deeper trouble. in addition to one count of burglary, he's convicted of aggravated assault on a police officer and attempted escape. he serves four years and seven months in prison. after the incident, a lot of things change at the campus police station. >> our booking area became more secure. it was moved to a whole different building. no loose chairs. no things that they could get their hands on and use against us. coming up, an ex-con hijacks a lumber truck. and gives new meaning to the term "hot pursuit." hell on wheels, when "caught on camera: they fought the law" continues. ♪

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a florida prison are back behind bars today. they made their first court appearance this morning. they were captured last night. a massachusetts medical examiner says cyanide poisoning killed a man who at one time was a potential witness against boston gangster james "whitey" bulger. bulger was convicted in august of 11 killings. he will be sentenced next month. now back to "caught on camera." an out of work ex-con leads police on a wild ride. ueknownst to wilson, the truck's driver jumps on the back of the rig as he's driving away and disconnects the air hoses to the rear brakes, locking the rear wheels. >> that driver was able to dislodge the air brakes. he made a real valiant effort to try and take control of the truck before it pulled away. >> the truck driver ends up jumping from the truck. in spite of the locked rear

wheels, wilson can still operate the big rig. he pulls out, but within minutes, thanks to a 911 call from the truck's driver, police are in wilson's tail. >> i didn't have a plan. the individual i was associated with had said he wanted to buy some lumber. i was going to his house. >> he drove through yards. he drove around businesses, across medians. he crossed highways. he got on the wrong side of the highway and drove against the traffic. >> soon the friction from the truck's locked rear wheels ignites the rubber tires. those flames set fire to the rig's flat bed, a forklift, and the load of lumber. >> once it caught fire, it just burned uncontrollably. you see this truck with a huge ball of fire in tow. you not only saw the bright orange flames, but you see the

huge plume of black smoke from the truck as well. >> in spite of the flames and the sea of police behind him, wilson shows no signs of slowing down. >> i knew i had to get some place where i had room to stop the truck and safely surrender before the police had a chance to take a shot at me. >> there he goes! >> across the city, crowds appear as people watching the chase live on tv come outside to see it for themselves. >> move! get out of the street! >> the 18-wheeler sends pedestrians running for their lives. and motorists swerving off the road as it barrels through residential neighborhoods. >> police were doing everything they could to try to stop him from driving. they tried to shoot out the tires. they tried to block roads. he was just driving around them. >> fearing for the public's safety, police commanders give the order, shoot to kill.

>> they authorized their officers to fire at the truck and to use deadly force if necessary. and they deemed it necessary >> they had no intention of me getting out of the truck alive. >> police fire on the truck from the ground and air >> i knew they issued a code 100, which i knew was shoot to kill. at that point i'm trying to figure out how to get out of the truck. i never thought they would start shooting like they did. i'm thinking you shoot me and kill me, who's going to drive the truck? you've got an 80,000 pound vehicle running loose on the streets of dallas. then somebody's bound to get hurt. >> got him. >> you got him? >> with a trail of burning tires in his wake, wilson decides to end this terrifying ride after 90 minutes, bringing the smoldering rig to a stop near the trinity river. >> when i finally did stop, i was in the area where i could pull the brakes and jump out and lay flat on the ground. >> wilson is arrested without further incident and carted off

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time is running out for police, desperate to stop a stolen school bus on a collision course with rush hour traffic. >> we're getting into the city. this guy is not stopping. until the this bus dies. >> albuquerque, new mexico. just after dawn on friday, march 9th, 2012. police dash cameras roll as state troopers race to interstate 40. >> we have a pursuit of a school bus. one tire is blown at this time. traveling at least 65 miles per hour. >> outside the city, a white male is speeding east in a stolen school bus straight toward the city line. >> ail but kerrwy all units, be

advised the entry door -- >> the bus is stolen from this albuquerque bus yard. the suspect drives 80 miles west on i-40 to the city of grant. before turning around around heading back to albuquerque. >> are there any kids on that bus? >> negative. just the driver. >> as for now, just one male driver. that's all we have. >> now state, city and county law enforcement are in hot pursuit. determined to stop the empty bus before it reaches albuquerque's early morning rush hour. >> ail but berki, all units. bus traveling at 75 miles per hour. >> the plan, stop the vehicle with spike belts. also known as stop sticks. strips of metal bars designed to puncture tires. >> aalbuquerque, all units. mile marker 137. >> mile marker 137 is 13 miles from the ail but berki city line. at 6:27 a.m. the bus appears.

the bus barrels over the spike belt. but does not slow down. police deploy more spike sticks over the next several miles. >> 148 eastbound. struck another spike belt. he's losing the truck tires now. >> has no front tires anymore. he's running on the rims. >> but the driver speeds on. >> we're getting into the city. this guy is not stopping until this bus dies. >> the school bus is now inside the city line. just miles for albuquerque's most congested areas. a state police cruiser attempts to ram the bus off the road with a pit maneuver. but after three miles of vehicle to vehicle contact, the cruiser's front end is heavily damaged.

hoping a bigger vehicle has a better chance, a police suv takes the lead. the pit maneuver is successful. police immediately surround the bus. inside, the driver revs the engine as if trying to escape. officers respond with a volley of nonlethal bean bag rounds. suddenly a member of the county sheriff's office fires real bullets into the bus. striking the suspect three times. >> shots fired. >> immediately, a state police officer is seen shouting at the deputy sheriff. >> back off right now! get over there! >> the suspect, meanwhile, is pulled from the bus covered in

blood and wearing only boxers. he is identified as 27-year-old nathaniel shipman. his criminal history includes convictions for domestic violence, drug possession and assaulting a police officer. he's loaded into an ambulance and given a police escort to an area hospital where he makes a complete recovery. a month later shipman pleads not guilty to multiple charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer, stealing a vehicle, reckless driving, aggravated fleeing and burglary. he is currently in jail awaiting trial. the deputy who shot shipman is put on administrative leave pending an investigation. eventually he is cleared of any wrong doing and returned to duty. shipman gives no explanation for his wild ride, which snarls traffic in both directions on i-40 for seven hours. >> that's it.

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during the homecoming. early saturday evening, october 30th. he stops by a subway on campus for a bite to eat. there, a young man later identified as dennis wayne craig, is making a scene. >> he was being rowdy and too loud. he was very forceful with the employees and the woman behind the counter told him to leave and he wouldn't. >> ''sensing trouble he calls the police and begins recording craig with his cell phone camera and that's when craig jaumps over the counter and storms into the kitchen where the manager is trying to reach the campus police. >> you could see in the video she's starting to dial the phone and craig follows her back

there. yanks it out of the wall. >> tessa is a student reporter who covered the story for the university paper, "the herald." >> you don't really hear a lot about phones being yanked out of walls. >> soon, craig reappears in the seating area. >> it's about to get nuclear. what that means, i don't know. >> his nuclear punch misses by a mile and instead, he's knocked to the floor. but it's not long before he's back on his feet again. >> he was riled up and he's offering money to people who could whoop him. >> shirt comes off.

>> do you want some of it? >> it's an offer everyone can refuse and does. a friend of craig's in the black shirt, attempts to talk some sense into him. >> craig's friend is trying to get him to calm down from last time. >> but craig has little interest in calming down. >> in a matter of seconds there are blue uniform cops all around him. he doesn't really move. he's like a deer in headlights. >> one officer gets up in his face and tasers his chest. >> dazed and confused craig does not comply. this time, craig stays down. craig pleads guilty to alcohol intoxication and disorderly conduct. he's sentenced to 90 days in jail. but the judge suspends the sentence. craig is put on two years probation and pays a $250 fine.

just what set off his nuclear meltdown remains a mystery. the video becomes part of the official police report. he posts it on youtube where craig's antics go viral. >> it's about to get nuclear. it's about to get nuclear. >> it did become a bit of a saying around campus for a while. >> do you want some of me? >> when he got tazed he screamed like a girl! i think that's probably what made the video so successful on youtube is that it's funny. >> really? here we go. caught in the act! >> i figured i was going to jail anyway so i might as well get the jump in into this daredevil defies the law and lands behind bars. the bixby creek bridge, big sur,

california. to most people it's a marvel of engineering, spanning more than 700 feet across a coastal canyon. 280 feet above jagged rocks and pristine pacific beach. to steve jester, it's something cool to jump off of. when the sky diving instructor isn't jumping out of planes, he's hurling himself off things. >> some people do drugs. i jump off of stuff. it makes me feel good. it's like a drug, only the fun part is the coming down. >> jester is an avid b.a.s.e. jumper. >> it's an acronym for building antenna span and earth like cliff. >> there's only one small problem. jumping off bridges is against the law. >> what's up, baby!

>> but that doesn't stop jester from driving his car to the bixby bridge to attempt his 122nd jump off the iconic structure. >> the bixby bridge is probably one of the most beautiful places i've personally base jumped. it's a magic spot. nice sand as long as you make the beach. it can be a little rocky down there. >> the afternoon of december 8th, 2010. jester will later admit he drank a couple of glasses of vod ska mixed with cranberry juice that morning. >> roll over. >> roll it. >> okay. >> i was going to free fall it but i got scared. >> you got scared? >> yeah so we'll roll it. roll over it. >> okay ready? >> let's the it. >> let's ride. >> jester enlists a friend to videotape the jump. >> i like to keep a facebook page and share it with the other base jumpers. >> jester prepares to plunge. >> i was in the middle of the bridge, getting the line out of

the canopy and the police officer pulled up. >> don't even think about it. >> don't even think about it. >> get back up right now. >> we're so busted. >> i think i said a four-letter word at that point and i thought for a few seconds and i'm going to do it anyway. >> really? >> here we go. >> the officer approaches jester. >> i'm going to do it real skinny. >> going to send you down the road. >> all right. >> i doubted he would let me go. i figured i was going to jail because i've been to jail other times for base jumping over 25 years. so i figured i had get a jump in before i did it. >> jester tries a peace offering. >> you're pissed off? >> i think he wanted to see it as much as i wanted to jump. if he wanted to stop me he could have yank med off the ledge but

he made no effort. >> jester jumps. 15 seconds later, he makes a perfect landing on the beach. >> you did it, buddy, now you're going to jail. >> when i got to the beach, i looked up and saw the police officer racing to the other side of the bridge. i figured he'd give me a ticket and send many down the road but that wasn't the case. as soon as i got up they slapped the cuffs on me before i was even out of my gear and haul med to jail. >> jester goes to trial and is convicted of disobeying a police officer and driving under the influence, among other charges. he could have faced up to three years in jail. but his sentenced to 120 days. and serves 69 before he's released for good behavior. he's placed on three years' probation and ordered to enter

an alcohol rehab program. his friend posts the video of the jump online and jester becomes an internet sensation. >> it went viral pretty quick. and ended up everywhere. i had friends calling me from all around the world, brazil, norway, england, yo man, we saw you on the news here. it was kind of shocking. >> armed with a parachute and some chutdpah, jester fought the law and the law won. >> i sat in jail for 69 days. that was no fun. but would it do it again? probably. >> you did it, buddy. now you're going to jail!

everyday situations spiral out of control. >> it was just devastating, you know? it was just brutal. >> things escalate quickly from calm to chaos. and pushing the limits can sometimes spell disaster. >> oh, my god! >> i saw him lifeless. i was really scared. >> when the boundaries are crossed between right and wrong,